The Swedish international has made a timely return to Arsene Wenger's side as the north London club continue their quest for honours on three fronts.

The Gunners will move closer to potential Champions' League success if they overcome Deportivo La Coruna and claim a quarter-final place tonight.

Ljungberg was rushed back into action after six weeks on the sidelines for Saturday's FA Cup tie at Newcastle, despite not having turned out for the reserves.

And the Swede is confident Arsenal will win through. He said: "We have the biggest respect for all the big clubs but we have been at this level for a couple of years now and we feel if we play well we can beat anyone.

"The players have been together now a bit longer, trust each other and know each other better than before.

"We showed a lot last season by going to the quarter-finals and getting knocked out on away goals. Hopefully we can go further this year."

Arsenal hammered Deportivo 5-1 two years and 10 days ago at Highbury and Ljungberg believes there are openings to exploit. "They have a good passing game, good technique, so we cannot let them have the ball too much," he said.

"But we have some players who are very quick and if we can get the ball moving fast we can get some space."

But having played for an hour at St James's Park, Ljungberg has felt the benefit in training.

He is named in the squad with Thierry Henry, who is serving a domestic three-match ban, and Oleg Luzhny, who missed the weekend cup tie with a hamstring problem. However, Ray Parlour remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

Deportivo have been boosted by the news that keeper Francisco Molina has passed a fitness test.